Hi Neil,
Thanks for your reply,
I have an Airport Express with a red Lead to the Westnet unit (we
connect via a satelite dish on the roof because we cannot get ADSL 2
locally) This Router unit then connects three computers using blue
Ethernet cables.
1. A G5 Main Computer which does not have airport,
2. A G4 (Wife machine) which also does not have airport and an
3. An Acer PC that connects via Ethernet, these all share the
printer via USB from the Airport Express.
I also have a Lap Top that is wireless. - all worked fine before the storm.
The lights on the Airport Express light up for the G5 and the PC but
not for the G4 so I think I have a faulty G4 Ethernet port. I swapped
leads over without success and tried another lead.
I think I need to obtain or purchase an Ethernet card for a G4 and
slot this into the motherboard, so my question was where do I get a
Mac Ethernet Card from?
I did install a Dynalink wirless USB device which when linked Peer to
peer shows a low wireless signal but I can't connect to the Internet
on the G4 nor Email.
Your description is not very clear as to how your network is set-up.
You say:
We connect to an Apple Airport Express which connect to a G5 and
Windows PC via Ethernet, they all work fine, just the G4 that's not
working.
So are you saying the internet connection is distributed via both the
ethernet network (for some machines) and wirelessly via the Airport Express
(for other machines).
If so, do all the other working machines confirm that both the ethernet and
wireless network are working correctly (ie you can make an internet
connection to both networks via one or other working machines.
If so, and your only problem is that the G4 was connected via ethernet and
is not now working - leading you to suspect the ethernet port is faulty (in
which case the G4 will not be able to see the network or other machines on
it and vice-versa) - then have you tried connecting the G4 wirelessly to the
airport Express and connecting to the net that way.
A lot of ifs which can be cut-down by a better description of just how your
network is configured & how your internet connection is distributed.
Cheers
Neil
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on 5/4/10 9:21 AM, Peter Faulks at [email protected] wrote:
During the storm my wife left her G4 on when we went out and when
power came back on three days later the computer works but the
ethernet does not?
Anyone know where you can purchase an ethernet card for our G4? Or
suggest how we can get the G4 back on the internet? I recently put in
1gb of Memory for $300.00 so I don't want to throw it out.
We connect to an Apple Airport Express which connect to a G5 and
Windows PC via Ethernet, they all work fine, just the G4 that's not
working.
By the way I have two Airport Extreme units spare.
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